Michael spent years fighting isolation, depression, and despair. Then he met Sam. If you’re having thoughts of suicide, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or the Crisis Text Line. For that, text TALK to 741741.This episode of Radio Atlantic was reported and produced by Ethan Brooks and edited by Theo Balcomb and Jocelyn Frank. It was mixed by Rob Smierciak and fact-checked by Yvonne Kim. The executive producer of Audio is Claudine Ebeid. The managing editor of Audio is Andrea Valdez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael spent years fighting isolation, depression, and despair. Then he met Sam.  If you’re having thoughts of suicide, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or the Crisis Text Line. For that, text TALK to 741741. This episode of Radio Atlantic was reported and produced by Ethan Brooks and edited by Theo Balcomb and Jocelyn Frank. It was mixed by Rob Smierciak and fact-checked by Yvonne Kim. The executive producer of Audio is Claudine Ebeid. The managing editor of Audio is Andrea Valdez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Lobotomy Day

The U.S. women’s team has been the dominant force in soccer for a decade, although you wouldn't necessarily know it from their performance in the Women’s World Cup so far. As fans, we want them to win. But there’s no drama in dominance. For women's soccer to truly become a global sensation, the U.S. needs worthy rivals. In this episode we talk to Tobin Heath and Christen Press, both members of the most recent U.S. World Cup teams, about whether it would be better for global women’s soccer for the U.S. to lose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. women’s team has been the dominant force in soccer for a decade, although you wouldn't necessarily know it from their performance in the Women’s World Cup so far. As fans, we want them to win. But there’s no drama in dominance. For women's soccer to truly become a global sensation, the U.S. needs worthy rivals. In this episode we talk to Tobin Heath and Christen Press, both members of the most recent U.S. World Cup teams, about whether it would be better for global women’s soccer for the U.S. to lose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Why a U.S. Women’s Team Loss Could Actually Be A Good Thing

A lot of people are plagued by the feeling that society used to be better, that neighbors were more helpful, that strangers once talked to you. Some people channel that belief into political action, as in the Make America Great Again movement. A new study explains why the sense that people and the culture have gotten worse is a psychological illusion.This special episode features Julie Beck, the host of How to Talk to People. Subscribe and discover a full season of great episodes waiting for you!This episode was produced by Becca Rashid. Editing by Jocelyn Frank. Fact checked by Isabel Cristo. Engineering is by Rob Smierciak. The executive producer of Audio is Claudine Ebeid. The managing editor of Audio is Andrea Valdez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of people are plagued by the feeling that society used to be better, that neighbors were more helpful, that strangers once talked to you. Some people channel that belief into political action, as in the Make America Great Again movement. A new study explains why the sense that people and the culture have gotten worse is a psychological illusion. This special episode features Julie Beck, the host of <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/how-to-build-a-happy-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Talk to People</a>. Subscribe and discover a full season of great episodes waiting for you! This episode was produced by Becca Rashid. Editing by Jocelyn Frank. Fact checked by Isabel Cristo. Engineering is by Rob Smierciak. The executive producer of Audio is Claudine Ebeid. The managing editor of Audio is Andrea Valdez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

‘Everyone Used to be Nicer,’ And Other Persistent Myths

Marriages today are much more flexible than they used to be. Women’s roles have changed. Gay marriage is legal. More and more people aren’t choosing marriage at all. And yet the American wedding has hardly changed at all. If anything, it keeps getting more elaborate, more luxe, more wedding-like. In this episode, we talk to Xochitl Gonzalez, who wrote a confessional for The Atlantic about her years as a luxury wedding planner, about why we keep perfecting on what is essentially a nineteenth- century artifact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marriages today are much more flexible than they used to be. Women’s roles have changed. Gay marriage is legal. More and more people aren’t choosing marriage at all. And yet the American wedding has hardly changed at all. If anything, it keeps getting more elaborate, more luxe, more wedding-like. In this episode, we talk to Xochitl Gonzalez, who wrote a <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/07/luxury-wedding-planners-industrial-complex-cost/674169/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">confessional </a>for The Atlantic about her years as a luxury wedding planner, about why we keep perfecting on what is essentially a nineteenth- century artifact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Why Can’t We Quit Weddings?

For months, more than a thousand researchers and technology experts involved in creating artificial intelligence have been warning us that they’ve created something that may be dangerous. Something that might eventually lead humanity to become extinct. In this Radio Atlantic episode, The Atlantic’s executive editor, Adrienne LaFrance, and staff writer Charlie Warzel talk about how seriously we should take these warnings, and what else we might consider worrying about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For months, more than a thousand researchers and technology experts involved in creating artificial intelligence have been warning us that they’ve created something that may be dangerous. Something that might eventually lead humanity to become extinct. In this Radio Atlantic episode, The Atlantic’s executive editor, Adrienne LaFrance, and staff writer Charlie Warzel talk about how seriously we should take these warnings, and what else we might consider worrying about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

AI Won’t Really Kill Us All, Will It?

A heat dome in Texas. Wildfire smoke polluting the air in the East and Midwest. The signs are everywhere that our children’s summers will look nothing like our own. In this episode we talk to the climate writer Emma Pattee about how hot is too hot to go outside, and what summer camps of the future will look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A heat dome in Texas. Wildfire smoke polluting the air in the East and Midwest. The signs are everywhere that our children’s summers will look nothing like our own. In this episode we talk to the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/06/extreme-heat-events-summer-vacation-kids/674401/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">climate writer Emma Pattee</a> about how hot is too hot to go outside, and what summer camps of the future will look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Sorry, Honey, It’s Too Hot for Camp

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads a private army called the Wagner Group, attempted what many have called a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Technically, it failed. But the fact that he managed to challenge Putin and leave the leader shaken and panicky is profound. Atlantic staff writers Anne Applebaum and Tom Nichols explain this week’s wild turn of events in Russia and the door those events opened. Further Reading:Tom Nichols: The Coup Is Over, but Putin Is in TroubleAnne Applebaum: Putin Is Caught in His Own Trap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads a private army called the Wagner Group, attempted what many have called a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Technically, it failed. But the fact that he managed to challenge Putin and leave the leader shaken and panicky is profound. Atlantic staff writers Anne Applebaum and Tom Nichols explain this week’s wild turn of events in Russia and the door those events opened.  Further Reading:Tom Nichols: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/06/putin-russian-coup-over-prigozhin-wagner/674522/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Coup Is Over, but Putin Is in Trouble</a>Anne Applebaum: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/putin-caught-in-his-own-trap/674524/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Putin Is Caught in His Own Trap</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Power of a Failed Revolt

Are we just too impatient for America’s famously leisurely national pastime? Hanna Rosin asks staff writer Mark Leibovich whether the changes MLB is making to baseball this summer could help him, and the rest of us, fall in love with baseball all over again.Interested in the changes baseball’s making? Read Mark’s article on how Moneyball broke baseball—and how the same people who broke it are back, trying to save it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we just too impatient for America’s famously leisurely national pastime? Hanna Rosin asks staff writer Mark Leibovich whether the changes MLB is making to baseball this summer could help him, and the rest of us, fall in love with baseball all over again.Interested in the changes baseball’s making? Read<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/07/baseball-mlb-rule-changes-2023-pitch-clock/674291/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mark’s article</a> on how Moneyball broke baseball—and how the same people who broke it are back, trying to save it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Can Baseball Keep Up With Us?

The Supreme Court is about to issue a set of rulings on affirmative action in higher education. If it goes as expected, universities will no longer be allowed to consider race in admissions. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, host Hanna Rosin talks to Adam Harris, an Atlantic staff writer, who covers the issue and has written about the cases. They talk about how the backlash against affirmative action began almost as soon as the effort started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court is about to issue a set of rulings on affirmative action in higher education. If it goes as expected, universities will no longer be allowed to consider race in admissions. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, host Hanna Rosin talks to Adam Harris, an Atlantic staff writer, who covers the issue and has <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/the-end-of-affirmative-action/619488/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">written about the cases</a>. They talk about how the backlash against affirmative action began almost as soon as the effort started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The End of Affirmative Action. For Real This Time.

The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta spent long stretches of the past year talking to CNN’s then-CEO Chris Licht about his grand experiment to reset the cable giant as a venue more welcoming to Republicans. In a major profile of Licht, Alberta documented the many disasters along the way, culminating in Licht’s ouster from the network this week. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, host Hanna Rosin talks to Alberta about the rise and fall of Licht, and what it means for the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta spent long stretches of the past year talking to CNN’s then-CEO Chris Licht about his grand experiment to reset the cable giant as a venue more welcoming to Republicans. In a major profile of Licht, Alberta documented the many <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">disasters along the way</a>, culminating in Licht’s ouster from the network this week. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, host Hanna Rosin talks to Alberta about the rise and fall of Licht, and what it means for the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Rise and Fall of Chris Licht and CNN

The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news and shape our culture. Through conversations—and sometimes sharp debates—with the most insightful thinkers and writers on topics of the day, Radio Atlantic will complicate overly simplistic views. It will cut through the noise with clarifying, personal narratives. It will, hopefully, help listeners make up their own mind about certain ideas.The national conversation right now can be chaotic, reckless, and stuck. Radio Atlantic aims to bring some order to our thinking—and encourage listeners to be purposeful about how they unstick their mind.

The boring but very nasty magazine, The Atlantic, is rapidly failing, going down the tubes, &amp; has just been forced to announce it is laying off at least 20% of its staff in order to limp into the future. This is a tough time to be in the Fake News Business &amp; this is a fake podcast!

Libtard Podcast

Why review such an insightful podcast with such a lack of insight?  The Atlantic is one of the few political periodicals with reason as its litmus test for publication, and their podcasts reflect that standard.  Bring back the Jeffrey Goldberg interviews!

Why indeed

The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news and shape our culture. Through conversations—and sometimes sharp debates—with the most insightful thinkers and writers on topics of the day, Radio Atlantic will complicate overly simplistic views. It will cut through the noise with clarifying, personal narratives. It will, hopefully, help listeners make up their own mind about certain ideas. The national conversation right now can be chaotic, reckless, and stuck. Radio Atlantic aims to bring some order to our thinking—and encourage listeners to be purposeful about how they unstick their mind.

Radio Atlantic

The special December issue of The Atlantic focuses on a single theme: “How to Stop a Civil War.” Two contributors to the issue, Harvard professor Danielle Allen and staff writer Adam Serwer, join Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss their arguments in the magazine.Allen’s piece, “The Road From Serfdom,” asserts that unity must be made a priority again and offers prescriptive steps for how it can be achieved. In “Against Reconciliation,” Serwer argues that the nation’s pursuits of compromise have often led it to abandon its promises of freedom and equality for all its citizens—that Americans have been content to sacrifice civil rights for civil discourse.The three sat down to discuss where they agree, where they disagree, and how optimistic they are that world’s oldest democracy can survive its bitter divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The special December issue of The Atlantic focuses on a single theme: “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2019/12/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Stop a Civil War</a>.” Two contributors to the issue, Harvard professor Danielle Allen and staff writer Adam Serwer, join Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss their arguments in the magazine.Allen’s piece, “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/danielle-allen-american-citizens-serfdom/600778/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Road From Serfdom</a>,” asserts that unity must be made a priority again and offers prescriptive steps for how it can be achieved. In “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/adam-serwer-civility/600784/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Against Reconciliation</a>,” Serwer argues that the nation’s pursuits of compromise have often led it to abandon its promises of freedom and equality for all its citizens—that Americans have been content to sacrifice civil rights for civil discourse.The three sat down to discuss where they agree, where they disagree, and how optimistic they are that world’s oldest democracy can survive its bitter divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

How to Stop A Civil War

In December 2007, the U.S. marked the beginning of its longest recession since World War II. Now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency born in the ashes of the nation's economic downturn, is under new leadership that promises big changes. Meanwhile, a tax plan speeding through Congress could have far-reaching effects on the economy, well beyond taxes. On paper, the U.S. economy looks robust. But for whom, and for how long?This week, Annie Lowrey and Alana Semuels join our hosts to look at what's happened in the decade since the Great Recession, and what's happening now. What lessons have we learned from the crisis? And which are we doomed to repeat?Links:- "The Never-Ending Foreclosure" (Alana Semuels, December 1, 2017)- "The Great Recession Is Still With Us" (Annie Lowrey, December 1, 2017)- “The GOP Targets America’s Most Loved and Hated Tax Break” (Alana Semuels, November 2, 2017)- “The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession” (Annie Lowrey, October 31, 2017)- “Mick Mulvaney Is Pretending Everything's Totally Normal at Work” (Gillian B. White, November 28, 2017)- “Could a Tax Fix the Gig Economy?” (Alana Semuels, November 6, 2017)- “Trump Says His Tax Plan Won't Benefit the Rich—He's Exactly Wrong” (Annie Lowrey, September 29, 2017)- "Could a Memo by Christina Romer Have Saved the Economy?" (John Hudson, February 22, 2012)- “The Fight Over the CFPB Reveals the Broken State of American Politics” (David A. Graham, November 28, 2017)- "The Shadow of the Stimulus" (Ross Douthat, February 1, 2009)- "Return of the Shopping Avenger" (Jeffrey Goldberg, December 1, 2009)- The Half Has Never Been Told  (Edward Baptist)- The Unwinding (George Packer)- "The Nutshell Studies" (Katie Mingle, 99 Percent Invisible)- "The Reason This 'Racist Soap Dispenser' Doesn't Work on Black Skin" (Max Plenke, Mic.com, September 9, 2015) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December 2007, the U.S. marked the beginning of its longest recession since World War II. Now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency born in the ashes of the nation's economic downturn, is under new leadership that <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/cfpb-mulvaney-trump/546131/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">promises big changes</a>. Meanwhile, a tax plan speeding through Congress could have far-reaching effects on the economy, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/health-effects-of-tax-plan/546710/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">well beyond taxes</a>. On paper, the U.S. economy looks robust. But for whom, and for how long?This week, Annie Lowrey and Alana Semuels join our hosts to look at what's happened in the decade since the Great Recession, and what's happening now. What lessons have we learned from the crisis? And which are we doomed to repeat?Links:- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/the-neverending-foreclosure/547181/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Never-Ending Foreclosure"</a> (Alana Semuels, December 1, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/great-recession-still-with-us/547268/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Great Recession Is Still With Us"</a> (Annie Lowrey, December 1, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/tax-bill-mortgage-interest-deduction/544847/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The GOP Targets America’s Most Loved and Hated Tax Break”</a> (Alana Semuels, November 2, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/10/next-recession-prepared/544391/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession”</a> (Annie Lowrey, October 31, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/mulvaney-cfpb/546917/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Mick Mulvaney Is Pretending Everything's Totally Normal at Work”</a> (Gillian B. White, November 28, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/gig-economy/544895/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Could a Tax Fix the Gig Economy?”</a> (Alana Semuels, November 6, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/trump-tax-plan-benefit-rich/541584/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Trump Says His Tax Plan Won't Benefit the Rich—He's Exactly Wrong”</a> (Annie Lowrey, September 29, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/could-memo-christina-romer-have-saved-economy/331392/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Could a Memo by Christina Romer Have Saved the Economy?"</a> (John Hudson, February 22, 2012)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-cfpb-and-the-loss-of-faith-in-politics/546833/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Fight Over the CFPB Reveals the Broken State of American Politics”</a> (David A. Graham, November 28, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2009/02/the-shadow-of-the-stimulus/55939/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Shadow of the Stimulus"</a> (Ross Douthat, February 1, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/12/return-of-the-shopping-avenger/30855/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Return of the Shopping Avenger"</a> (Jeffrey Goldberg, December 1, 2009)- <a href="http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465097685" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Half Has Never Been Told</a>  (Edward Baptist)- <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/theunwinding/georgepacker/9780374534608/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Unwinding</a> (George Packer)- <a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-nutshell-studies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Nutshell Studies"</a> (Katie Mingle, 99 Percent Invisible)- <a href="https://mic.com/articles/124899/the-reason-this-racist-soap-dispenser-doesn-t-work-on-black-skin#.MRCAUXm3L" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Reason This 'Racist Soap Dispenser' Doesn't Work on Black Skin"</a> (Max Plenke, <a href="http://Mic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mic.com</a>, September 9, 2015) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Great Recession, One Decade Later

“We are a president-obsessed nation, so much so that we undermine the very idea of our constitutional democracy,” writes John Dickerson in his May cover story in The Atlantic. “No one man—or woman—can possibly represent the varied, competing interests of 327 million citizens.” Have we heaped so much upon the president that the job has become impossible? Is Trump testing the office in valuable ways? And if the presidency is broken, how do we fix it?Links- "The Hardest Job in the World" (John Dickerson, May 2018 Issue)- “Scott Pruitt Bypassed the White House to Give Big Raises to Favorite Aides” (Elaina Plott and Robinson Meyer, April 3, 2018)- "Letter to Joseph Hooker from Lincoln, January 26, 1863" (Library of Congress)- Educated (Tara Westover, 2018)- Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It (Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik, 2018)- Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders, 2017)- “There’s Something Funny About Tiffany Haddish” (Caity Weaver, GQ, March 26, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We are a president-obsessed nation, so much so that we undermine the very idea of our constitutional democracy,” writes John Dickerson in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/a-broken-office/556883/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his May cover story in The Atlantic</a>. “No one man—or woman—can possibly represent the varied, competing interests of 327 million citizens.” Have we heaped so much upon the president that the job has become impossible? Is Trump testing the office in valuable ways? And if the presidency is broken, how do we fix it?Links- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/a-broken-office/556883/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Hardest Job in the World"</a> (John Dickerson, May 2018 Issue)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/pruitt-epa/557123/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Scott Pruitt Bypassed the White House to Give Big Raises to Favorite Aides”</a> (Elaina Plott and Robinson Meyer, April 3, 2018)- <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/lprbscsm.scsm0601/?sp=1&amp;st=text" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Letter to Joseph Hooker from Lincoln, January 26, 1863"</a> (Library of Congress)- <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550168/educated-by-tara-westover/9780399590504/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educated</a> (Tara Westover, 2018)- <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549596/meltdown-by-chris-clearfield-and-andras-tilcsik/9780735222632/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It</a> (Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik, 2018)- <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/231506/lincoln-in-the-bardo-by-george-saunders/9780812985405/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lincoln in the Bardo</a> (George Saunders, 2017)- <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/tiffany-haddish-profile-2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“There’s Something Funny About Tiffany Haddish”</a> (Caity Weaver, GQ, March 26, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Is the Presidency Broken?

Yoni Appelbaum

After white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallied in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of three Americans, President Trump's equivocating responses shocked Republicans and Democrats alike. Did this represent a major breakpoint in American politics? Why have Confederate symbols and ideas suddenly returned to the public sphere, not to mention HBO? And how should Americans comprehend the relationship between these extremist currents and the Trump administration? Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum explore these questions with Jeffrey Goldberg, Alex Wagner, and Matt Thompson.For links and other show notes, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallied in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of three Americans, President Trump's equivocating responses shocked Republicans and Democrats alike. Did this represent a major breakpoint in American politics? Why have Confederate symbols and ideas suddenly returned to the public sphere, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/no-confederate/535512/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">not to mention HBO</a>? And how should Americans comprehend the relationship between these extremist currents and the Trump administration? Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum explore these questions with Jeffrey Goldberg, Alex Wagner, and Matt Thompson.For links and other show notes, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/1857/11/radio-atlantic-ta-nehisi-coates-and-yoni-appelbaum-on-charlottesvilles-aftermath/537288/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">go here</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum on Charlottesville's Aftermath

In his new book, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Atlantic's national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the past eight years of his career—his pursuit of an understanding of America, and his route to becoming a celebrated author. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, our cohosts Matt, Jeff, and Alex each conduct an interview with Ta-Nehisi about what he's found.This is a longer episode than our usual, so if you'd like to skip around, here are the three segments, for easy fast-forwarding:[00:00] Matt's interview, focused on the questions that infused Ta-Nehisi's early writing at The Atlantic, and the answers that he's found[32:46] Jeff's interview, focused on the two administrations Ta-Nehisi has chronicled, and his political outlook[59:52] Alex's interview, focused on Ta-Nehisi's community, family, and lifeLinks:- The Mis-Education of the Negro(Carter G. Woodson, 1933)- “Black People, Culture and Poverty” (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- "The Math on Black Out-of-Wedlock Births" (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- “The Radical Critique of Obama” (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- “On Jewish Racism” (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- “Still More…” (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- “Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?” (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2012)- "The End of White America?" (Hua Hsu, 2009)- "The Issues: Race" (Hua Hsu &amp; Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- “A Plea for Straight Talk Between the Races” (Benjamin Mays, 1960)- "The First White President" (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2017)- "This Is What European Diplomats Really Think About Donald Trump" (Alberto Nardelli, Buzzfeed, 2017)- "Donald Trump's Race Wars" (Jonathan Chait, 2017)- "Tyranny of the Minority" (Michelle Goldberg, 2017)- Elizabeth Kolbert's author archive (The New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his new book, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Atlantic's national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the past eight years of his career—his pursuit of an understanding of America, and his route to becoming a celebrated author. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, our cohosts Matt, Jeff, and Alex each conduct an interview with Ta-Nehisi about what he's found.This is a longer episode than our usual, so if you'd like to skip around, here are the three segments, for easy fast-forwarding:[00:00] Matt's interview, focused on the questions that infused Ta-Nehisi's early writing at The Atlantic, and the answers that he's found[32:46] Jeff's interview, focused on the two administrations Ta-Nehisi has chronicled, and his political outlook[59:52] Alex's interview, focused on Ta-Nehisi's community, family, and lifeLinks:- <a href="http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/misedne.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mis-Education of the Negro</a>(Carter G. Woodson, 1933)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/03/black-people-culture-and-poverty/6860/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Black People, Culture and Poverty”</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/02/the-math-on-black-out-of-wedlock-births/6738/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Math on Black Out-of-Wedlock Births"</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/04/the-radical-critique-of-obama/16766/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Radical Critique of Obama”</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/06/on-jewish-racism/18840/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“On Jewish Racism”</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/06/still-more/19060/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Still More…”</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/02/why-do-so-few-blacks-study-the-civil-war/308831/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?”</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2012)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/01/the-end-of-white-america/307208/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The End of White America?"</a> (Hua Hsu, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/01/the-issues-race/307252/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Issues: Race"</a> (Hua Hsu &amp; Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2009)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1960/12/a-plea-for-straight-talk-between-the-races/306054/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“A Plea for Straight Talk Between the Races”</a> (Benjamin Mays, 1960)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The First White President"</a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2017)- <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/this-is-why-european-diplomats-think-donald-trump-is?utm_term=.kmgzWzwAj#.mh5KWK9ry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"This Is What European Diplomats Really Think About Donald Trump"</a> (Alberto Nardelli, Buzzfeed, 2017)- <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/trump-is-failing-at-policy-but-winning-his-race-wars.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Donald Trump's Race Wars"</a> (Jonathan Chait, 2017)- <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/trump-electoral-college-minority.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Tyranny of the Minority"</a> (Michelle Goldberg, 2017)- <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/elizabeth-kolbert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Kolbert's author archive</a> (The New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Miseducation of Ta-Nehisi Coates

With authoritarianism and populism on the rise around the world, The Atlantic examines the fate of democracy in its October issue. Anne Applebaum writes that Poland shows how quickly things can fall apart and Jeffrey Rosen writes that the state of American politics is one Founder’s worst nightmare. They join Jeffrey Goldberg and Alex Wagner to discuss this precarious moment in history.Links- “Is Democracy Dying?” (October 2018 Issue)- “America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare” (Jeffrey Rosen, October 2018)- “A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come” (Anne Applebaum, October 2018)- “The Threat of Tribalism” (Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, October 2018)- “Americans Aren’t Practicing Democracy Anymore” (Yoni Appelbaum, October 2018)- “Twitter’s Flawed Solution to Political Polarization” (Christopher A. Bail, New York Times, September 8, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With authoritarianism and populism on the rise around the world, The Atlantic examines the fate of democracy in its October issue. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/poland-polarization/568324/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anne Applebaum</a> writes that Poland shows how quickly things can fall apart and <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/james-madison-mob-rule/568351/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeffrey Rosen</a> writes that the state of American politics is one Founder’s worst nightmare. They join Jeffrey Goldberg and Alex Wagner to discuss this precarious moment in history.Links- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/is-democracy-dying/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Is Democracy Dying?”</a> (October 2018 Issue)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/james-madison-mob-rule/568351/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare”</a> (Jeffrey Rosen, October 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/poland-polarization/568324/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come”</a> (Anne Applebaum, October 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/the-threat-of-tribalism/568342/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Threat of Tribalism”</a> (Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, October 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/losing-the-democratic-habit/568336/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Americans Aren’t Practicing Democracy Anymore”</a> (Yoni Appelbaum, October 2018)- <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sunday/twitter-political-polarization.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Twitter’s Flawed Solution to Political Polarization”</a> (Christopher A. Bail, New York Times, September 8, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Is Democracy Dying?

Kurt Andersen

When did the reality-based community start losing to reality show celebrity? Why are "alternative facts" and fake news suddenly ubiquitous features of the landscape? The spread of American magical thinking isn't, in fact, sudden, argues Kurt Andersen in the September 2017 Atlantic. It was rooted in the very origins of the nation, and started to blossom in the '60s. Andersen explores how these forces made their way to the White House in conversation with our Radio Atlantic cohosts, Jeffrey Goldberg, Alex Wagner, and Matt Thompson. For links and other show notes, go here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When did the reality-based community start losing to reality show celebrity? Why are "alternative facts" and fake news suddenly ubiquitous features of the landscape? The spread of American magical thinking isn't, in fact, sudden, argues Kurt Andersen <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-america-lost-its-mind/534231/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in the September 2017 Atlantic</a>. It was rooted in the very origins of the nation, and started to blossom in the '60s. Andersen explores how these forces made their way to the White House in conversation with our Radio Atlantic cohosts, Jeffrey Goldberg, Alex Wagner, and Matt Thompson. For links and other show notes, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/1857/11/radio-atlantic-kurt-anderson-on-how-america-lost-its-mind/536532/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">go here</a>.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Kurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind

On Friday, the New York Times published a startling story: In 2017, days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the bureau opened an inquiry into whether the president was secretly working on behalf of Russia. It was an explosive development in an already major story. Since this news came out, it’s informed how we see two other very big new stories: On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that Trump has gone to “extraordinary lengths” to conceal details of his conversations with Vladimir Putin. And on Monday, the Times reported that Trump had discussed withdrawing the United States from NATO.Trump claims he has been tougher on Russia “than any other President,” while also proposing that “getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.” Over the years, people have speculated about Trump’s ties to Russia. But this week’s news raises the question very clearly: Is the President of the United States a Russian asset? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Friday, the New York Times published a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/fbi-trump-russia-inquiry.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">startling story</a>: In 2017, days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the bureau opened an inquiry into whether the president was secretly working on behalf of Russia. It was an explosive development in an already major story. Since this news came out, it’s informed how we see two other very big new stories: On Sunday, the Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-concealed-details-of-his-face-to-face-encounters-with-putin-from-senior-officials-in-administration/2019/01/12/65f6686c-1434-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?utm_term=.e950bb603ee3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reported</a> that Trump has gone to “extraordinary lengths” to conceal details of his conversations with Vladimir Putin. And on Monday, the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/nato-president-trump.html?via=newsletter&amp;source=CSAMedition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reported</a> that Trump had discussed withdrawing the United States from NATO.Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1084074865496334336" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">claims</a> he has been tougher on Russia “than any other President,” while also proposing that “getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.” Over the years, people have speculated about Trump’s ties to Russia. But this week’s news raises the question very clearly: Is the President of the United States a Russian asset? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Is the President a Russian Asset?

The fourth Democratic debate this week highlighted Elizabeth Warren’s new front-runner status. It also marked the return to public events for Bernie Sanders, who showcased his energy following a heart attack and touted a key new endorsement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The two progressive candidates haven’t gone after each other thus far. How much longer will that last? And where does the race go from here?Joining Isaac Dovere this week is Elaine Godfrey, who reports on progressive politics for The Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fourth Democratic debate this week highlighted Elizabeth Warren’s new front-runner status. It also marked the return to public events for Bernie Sanders, who showcased his energy following a heart attack and touted a key new endorsement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The two progressive candidates haven’t gone after each other thus far. How much longer will that last? And where does the race go from here?Joining Isaac Dovere this week is Elaine Godfrey, who reports on progressive politics for The Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Sanders vs. Warren?

When elected, most presidents either sell their assets or put them in a blind trust. Isolating a president’s financial interests from their time in office has been a norm for decades: from Jimmy Carter giving up his peanut farm to Barack Obama liquidating his assets.But Donald Trump is not like most presidents. He’s said he won’t divest from his businesses, even though his real estate deals around the world open up countless opportunities for conflicts of interest. His unprecedented decision may violate the “emoluments clause” of the Constitution — a rule that’s existed longer than the American republic, but has never before faced scrutiny in the courts. On Tuesday, a panel of Fourth Circuit judges heard an emoluments case and their decision appears likely to send the fight to Supreme Court.Alex Wagner talks to Joshua Matz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in that case, a Georgetown law professor, and co-author of the January 2017 Atlantic story: ”Why Trump Will Violate the Foreign Emoluments Clause” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When elected, most presidents either sell their assets or put them in a blind trust. Isolating a president’s financial interests from their time in office has been a norm for decades: from Jimmy Carter giving up his peanut farm to Barack Obama liquidating his assets.But Donald Trump is not like most presidents. He’s said he <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-finance/trump-says-wont-divest-from-his-business-while-president-idUSKBN14V21I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">won’t</a> divest from his businesses, even though his real estate deals around the world open up countless opportunities for conflicts of interest. His unprecedented decision may violate the “emoluments clause” of the Constitution — a rule that’s existed longer than the American republic, but has never before faced scrutiny in the courts. On Tuesday, a panel of Fourth Circuit judges heard an emoluments case and their decision appears <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/19/trump-emoluments-lawsuit-1226687" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">likely</a> to send the fight to Supreme Court.Alex Wagner talks to Joshua Matz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in that case, a Georgetown law professor, and co-author of the January 2017 Atlantic story: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/trumps-ethics-train-wreck/513446/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">”Why Trump Will Violate the Foreign Emoluments Clause”</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

President Trump’s Post-Mueller Corruption Problem

“Trump gambled that Americans resent each other’s differences more than they cherish their shared democracy. So far that gamble has paid off,” writes David Frum in his new book Trumpocracy. Along with The Atlantic's Global Editor Kathy Gilsinan, David joins to explain how President Trump has undermined our most important institutions. What does democracy around the world look like when the leader of the free world is less interested in it himself?Links- Trumpocracy (David Frum, 2018)- “Saudi Crown Prince: Iran's Supreme Leader 'Makes Hitler Look Good'” (Jeffrey Goldberg, April 2, 2018)- “The Risks to Freedom in Hungary” (David Frum, April 5, 2018)- “How to Build an Autocracy” (David Frum, March 2017 Issue)- “Freedom Fights for Survival in Hungary” (David Frum, April 10, 2017)- “An Exit From Trumpocracy” (David Frum, January 18, 2018)- “Americans Can't Afford to Grow Used to This” (David Frum, January 9, 2018)- “Tracking the appearances of “rosy-fingered Dawn” in The Odyssey” (Jason Kottke, kottke.org, April 3, 2018)- “Strategies of Attainment” (C. Lee Shea, War on the Rocks, April 1, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Trump gambled that Americans resent each other’s differences more than they cherish their shared democracy. So far that gamble has paid off,” writes David Frum in <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062796738/trumpocracy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his new book Trumpocracy</a>. Along with The Atlantic's Global Editor Kathy Gilsinan, David joins to explain how President Trump has undermined our most important institutions. What does democracy around the world look like when the leader of the free world is less interested in it himself?Links- <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AB2VcstT6BzrbpApWhV93etVx_tp62B5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trumpocracy</a> (David Frum, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mohammed-bin-salman-iran-israel/557036/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Saudi Crown Prince: Iran's Supreme Leader 'Makes Hitler Look Good'”</a> (Jeffrey Goldberg, April 2, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/hungary-elections-orban/557294/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Risks to Freedom in Hungary”</a> (David Frum, April 5, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“How to Build an Autocracy”</a> (David Frum, March 2017 Issue)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/ceu-orban-hungary/521868/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Freedom Fights for Survival in Hungary”</a> (David Frum, April 10, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/frum-trumpocracy/550685/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“An Exit From Trumpocracy”</a> (David Frum, January 18, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/trump-numb/550064/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Americans Can't Afford to Grow Used to This”</a> (David Frum, January 9, 2018)- <a href="https://kottke.org/18/04/tracking-the-appearances-of-rosy-fingered-dawn-in-the-odyssey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Tracking the appearances of “rosy-fingered Dawn” in The Odyssey”</a> (Jason Kottke, <a href="http://kottke.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kottke.org</a>, April 3, 2018)- <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2018/04/strategies-of-attainment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Strategies of Attainment”</a> (C. Lee Shea, War on the Rocks, April 1, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Trumpocracy

Matt and Gillian discuss Paul Manafort’s guilty verdict and Michael Cohen’s guilty plea with Franklin Foer and David A. Graham. Was Tuesday a turning point for the Trump administration?Links- “The Day That Everything Changed for Trump” (David A. Graham, August 22, 2018)- “Trump’s Victory Was a Disaster for Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort” (David A. Graham, August 23, 2018)- “Blind Confidence Couldn’t Save Paul Manafort” (Franklin Foer, August 21, 2018)- “The Plot Against America” (Franklin Foer, March 2018 Issue)- “Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?” (Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine, July 8, 2018)- “All Eyes on the Presidency” (Adam Serwer, August 22, 2018)- Corruption in America (Zephyr Teachout, 2016) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Gillian discuss Paul Manafort’s guilty verdict and Michael Cohen’s guilty plea with Franklin Foer and David A. Graham. Was Tuesday a turning point for the Trump administration?Links- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/trump-cohen-manafort-collusion/568132/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Day That Everything Changed for Trump”</a> (David A. Graham, August 22, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/trump-rules-change-cohen-manafort/568177/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Trump’s Victory Was a Disaster for Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort”</a> (David A. Graham, August 23, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/paul-manafort-guilty-franklin-foer/568093/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Blind Confidence Couldn’t Save Paul Manafort”</a> (Franklin Foer, August 21, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Plot Against America”</a> (Franklin Foer, March 2018 Issue)- <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?”</a> (Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine, July 8, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/trump-manafort-cohen-corruption/568111/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“All Eyes on the Presidency”</a> (Adam Serwer, August 22, 2018)- <a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674659988&amp;content=reviews" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corruption in America</a> (Zephyr Teachout, 2016) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Trump’s Worst Day

Mark Leibovich has a day job covering the reality show of politics as the New York Times Magazine’s Chief National Correspondent, but he’s spent the spent the last few years reporting a book on America’s other biggest reality show: football.The new season begins with Colin Kaepernick the face of Nike, Donald Trump the NFL’s biggest commentator, and America’s most popular sport facing a myriad of problems. How does football survive both CTE and declining ratings? Which is the bigger swamp – Washington, DC, or an NFL owner’s box?Links- Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times (Mark Leibovich, 2018)- “The Absurdist Spectacle of the Nike Boycotts” (Hannah Giorgis, September 5, 2018)- “Colin Kaepernick, Nike, and the Myth of Good and Bad Companies” (Joshua Hunt, September 5, 2018)- “Taking a Blowtorch to Debate” (Alex Wagner, September 5, 2018)- “Trump’s Divisive and Relentless Politicization of the NFL” (Ben Strauss, September 1, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Leibovich has a day job covering the reality show of politics as the New York Times Magazine’s Chief National Correspondent, but he’s spent the spent the last few years reporting a book on America’s other biggest reality show: football.The new season begins with Colin Kaepernick the face of Nike, Donald Trump the NFL’s biggest commentator, and America’s most popular sport facing a myriad of problems. How does football survive both CTE and declining ratings? Which is the bigger swamp – Washington, DC, or an NFL owner’s box?Links- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Game-NFL-Dangerous-Times/dp/0399185429" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times</a> (Mark Leibovich, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/09/the-absurdist-spectacle-of-the-nike-boycotts/569308/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Absurdist Spectacle of the Nike Boycotts”</a> (Hannah Giorgis, September 5, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/09/nike-kaepernick/569371/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Colin Kaepernick, Nike, and the Myth of Good and Bad Companies”</a> (Joshua Hunt, September 5, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/colin-kapernick-vs-steve-bannon/569320/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Taking a Blowtorch to Debate”</a> (Alex Wagner, September 5, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/trump-mark-leibovich-nfl/569170/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Trump’s Divisive and Relentless Politicization of the NFL”</a> (Ben Strauss, September 1, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

How Much Longer Can Football Last?

In her new book Futureface, Alex Wagner writes that “immigration raises into relief some of our most basic existential questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? And in that way, it’s inextricably tied to an exploration of American identity.” In the book, Alex explores her own American identity – daughter of a Burmese immigrant mother and a small-town Irish Catholic father – and asks how true the stories we grow up with really are.Along with co-hosts Matt and Jeff, Alex is joined by The Atlantic’s deputy politics editor Adam Serwer to discuss the tangled intersections of history, heritage, family, race, and nationality. Is America truly a melting pot? Can nationalism be liberal? And is that stalwart American immigrant story just a history written by the victors? Links- Futureface (Alex Wagner, 2018)- “The Nationalist's Delusion” (Adam Serwer, November 20, 2017)- “America Is Not a Democracy” (Yascha Mounk, March 2018 Issue)- ”The End of Identity Liberalism” (Mark Lilla, New York Times, November 18, 2016)- ”How Can Liberals Reclaim Nationalism?” (Yascha Mounk, New York Times, March 3, 2018)- “Why Are We Surprised When Buddhists Are Violent?” (Dan Arnold and Alicia Turner, New York Times, March 5, 2018)- “The Americans Our Government Won’t Count” (Alex Wagner, New York Times, March 30, 2018)- “Huapango” by José Pablo Moncayo (South West German Radio Kaiserslautern Orchestra, 2007)- Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South (Timothy Thomas Fortune, 1884)- Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History (Steven Zipperstein, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248653/futureface-by-alex-wagner/9780812997941/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Futureface</a>, Alex Wagner writes that “immigration raises into relief some of our most basic existential questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? And in that way, it’s inextricably tied to an exploration of American identity.” In the book, Alex explores her own American identity – daughter of a Burmese immigrant mother and a small-town Irish Catholic father – and asks how true the stories we grow up with really are.Along with co-hosts Matt and Jeff, Alex is joined by The Atlantic’s deputy politics editor Adam Serwer to discuss the tangled intersections of history, heritage, family, race, and nationality. Is America truly a melting pot? Can nationalism be liberal? And is that stalwart American immigrant story just a history written by the victors? Links- <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248653/futureface-by-alex-wagner/9780812997941/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Futureface</a> (Alex Wagner, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-nationalists-delusion/546356/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Nationalist's Delusion”</a> (Adam Serwer, November 20, 2017)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/america-is-not-a-democracy/550931/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“America Is Not a Democracy”</a> (Yascha Mounk, March 2018 Issue)- <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-identity-liberalism.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">”The End of Identity Liberalism”</a> (Mark Lilla, New York Times, November 18, 2016)- <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/opinion/sunday/liberals-reclaim-nationalism.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">”How Can Liberals Reclaim Nationalism?”</a> (Yascha Mounk, New York Times, March 3, 2018)- <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/buddhists-violence-tolerance.html?smid=fb-share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Why Are We Surprised When Buddhists Are Violent?”</a> (Dan Arnold and Alicia Turner, New York Times, March 5, 2018)- <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/opinion/sunday/united-states-census.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Americans Our Government Won’t Count”</a> (Alex Wagner, New York Times, March 30, 2018)- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4pmEYHsdEcYufBbmCwyk0e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Huapango” by José Pablo Moncayo</a> (South West German Radio Kaiserslautern Orchestra, 2007)- <a href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-White/T-Thomas-Fortune/9780743291040" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South</a> (Timothy Thomas Fortune, 1884)- <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-1-63149-269-3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History</a> (Steven Zipperstein, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Becoming White in America

In December, Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned in protest after President Trump announced plans to withdraw troops from Syria. As the last "adult in the room" at the White House, critics worried his departure would loosen the president’s behavior even further. Days after the news broke though, Christmas and the government shutdown pushed Mattis’ resignation into the background. Now, nine months later, he’s beginning to speak publicly again. For the latest issue of the magazine, Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg had a series of conversations with Mattis following his resignation. He re-joins Radio Atlantic with host Edward-Isaac Dovere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December, Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned in protest after President Trump announced plans to withdraw troops from Syria. As the last "adult in the room" at the White House, critics worried his departure would loosen the president’s behavior even further. Days after the news broke though, Christmas and the government shutdown pushed Mattis’ resignation into the background. Now, nine months later, he’s beginning to speak publicly again. For the latest issue of the magazine, Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg had a series of conversations with Mattis following his resignation. He re-joins Radio Atlantic with host Edward-Isaac Dovere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore

Observing antidemocratic ‘power grabs’ by state Republicans, Atlantic staff writer George Packer writes that “the corruption of the Republican Party in the Trump era seemed to set in with breathtaking speed. In fact, it took more than a half century to reach the point where faced with a choice between democracy and power, the party chose the latter.”To understand how the party of Lincoln became the party of Trump, Alex Wagner spoke with Packer on this week’s episode of Radio Atlantic. Listen to hear Packer describe the three ‘insurgencies’ that explain the transformation of the GOP over the last half-century. An ideological revolution that began with Barry Goldwater became a coup for power with Newt Gingrich (A.K.A. “The Man Who Broke Politics”). Afterwards, moderate Republicans became an endangered species, the Tea Party emerged as a major force, and Trump’s brand of corrosive politics became, Packer says, “inevitable.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Observing antidemocratic <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/12/gop-power-grab-wisconsin-and-michigan/577246/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘power grabs’</a> by state Republicans, Atlantic staff writer George Packer <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/how-did-republican-party-get-so-corrupt/578095/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">writes</a> that “the corruption of the Republican Party in the Trump era seemed to set in with breathtaking speed. In fact, it took more than a half century to reach the point where faced with a choice between democracy and power, the party chose the latter.”To understand how the party of Lincoln became the party of Trump, Alex Wagner spoke with Packer on this week’s episode of Radio Atlantic. Listen to hear Packer describe the three ‘insurgencies’ that explain the transformation of the GOP over the last half-century. An ideological revolution that began with Barry Goldwater became a coup for power with Newt Gingrich (A.K.A. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Man Who Broke Politics”</a>). Afterwards, moderate Republicans became <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/the-demise-of-the-moderate-republican" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an endangered species</a>, the Tea Party emerged as a major force, and Trump’s brand of corrosive politics became, Packer says, “inevitable.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

What Happened to the GOP?

During an impeachment hearing this week, President Trump's former top Russia adviser accused Republicans of peddling Russian propaganda.Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian who will join The Atlantic as a staff writer in January. As one of the world’s leading experts on pre- and post-Communist Europe, disinformation and propaganda, and the future of democracy, she joins Isaac Dovere to discuss impeachment through a global lens.How did a conspiracy theory concocted by Russian intelligence officers become a Republican defense of President Trump? And what future does Applebaum see for NATO and Western democracy if the president is in office for another four years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During an impeachment hearing this week, President Trump's former top Russia adviser <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/11/impeachment-hearing-fiona-hill-republicans-trump-russia/602425/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">accused Republicans</a> of peddling Russian propaganda.Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian who will <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2019/11/anne-applebaum-joins-atlantic-staff-writer/602083/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join</a> The Atlantic as a staff writer in January. As one of the world’s leading experts on pre- and post-Communist Europe, disinformation and propaganda, and the future of democracy, she joins Isaac Dovere to discuss impeachment through a global lens.How did a conspiracy theory concocted by Russian intelligence officers become a Republican defense of President Trump? And what future does Applebaum see for NATO and Western democracy if the president is in office for another four years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Is Russia Winning the Impeachment Hearings?

Social media platforms once promised to connect the world. Today’s digital communities, though, often feel like forces for disunity. Anger and discord in 2018 seemed only amplified by the social media institutions that now dictate our conversations. Executive editor Matt Thompson sits down with staff writer Alexis Madrigal to find out how we got to this point and whether we can do anything to solve it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Social media platforms once promised to connect the world. Today’s digital communities, though, often feel like forces for disunity. Anger and discord in 2018 seemed only amplified by the social media institutions that now dictate our conversations. Executive editor Matt Thompson sits down with staff writer Alexis Madrigal to find out how we got to this point and whether we can do anything to solve it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

How to Fix Social Media

Long the crossroads of civilizations, Syria has now spent seven years as the proxy warzone of great powers. With over half a million dead and millions more displaced, the conflict is  now “arguably the world’s largest humanitarian disaster since World War II,” writes Andrew Tabler in The Atlantic. “The Syrian Civil War now threatens to morph into the Syria War—a regional conflagration which seems likely to burn for a generation. And civilians are cursed to live it, and die in it, every day.” How did we get here? And what comes next?Links- “How Syria Came to This” (Andrew Tabler, April 15, 2018)- “What If There Is No Ethical Way to Act in Syria Now?” (Sigal Samuel, April 13, 2018)- “The Obama Doctrine” (Jeffrey Goldberg, April 2016 Issue)- “The Syrian War Is Actually Many Wars” (Krishnadev Calamur, April 13, 2018)- “Trump's Selective Empathy for Syrian War Victims” (Krishnadev Calamur, April 18, 2018)- The Poems of Max Ehrmann (Max Ehrmann, 1906) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long the crossroads of civilizations, Syria has now spent seven years as the proxy warzone of great powers. With over half a million dead and millions more displaced, the conflict is  now “arguably the world’s largest humanitarian disaster since World War II,” <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/syria-chemical-weapons/558065/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">writes Andrew Tabler in The Atlantic</a>. “The Syrian Civil War now threatens to morph into the Syria War—a regional conflagration which seems likely to burn for a generation. And civilians are cursed to live it, and die in it, every day.” How did we get here? And what comes next?Links- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/syria-chemical-weapons/558065/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“How Syria Came to This”</a> (Andrew Tabler, April 15, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/syria-trump-intervention-moral-philosophy/557750/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“What If There Is No Ethical Way to Act in Syria Now?”</a> (Sigal Samuel, April 13, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Obama Doctrine”</a> (Jeffrey Goldberg, April 2016 Issue)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/the-syrian-war-is-many-wars/557990/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Syrian War Is Actually Many Wars”</a> (Krishnadev Calamur, April 13, 2018)- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/syrian-refugees/558212/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Trump's Selective Empathy for Syrian War Victims”</a> (Krishnadev Calamur, April 18, 2018)- <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Poems_of_Max_Ehrmann.html?id=w9c0AAAAMAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Poems of Max Ehrmann</a> (Max Ehrmann, 1906) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Syria Disaster, Seven Years In

Atlantic Ideas Editor Yoni Appelbaum and Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein have both deeply researched the question of impeachment — and each came to a different conclusion.Appelbaum argued in The Atlantic’s March cover story that the House of Representatives “must immediately open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and bring the debate out of the court of public opinion and into Congress, where it belongs.”Klein argues that “impeachment will be a partisan war over the president’s removal, and anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves. The fact-finding potential within the process will be overwhelmed by the question of whether impeachment is merited.”With that question pressing in the wake of the Mueller report, they sit down with Isaac Dovere to discuss the history of impeachment and make their cases: should Congress move ahead with impeachment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atlantic Ideas Editor Yoni Appelbaum and Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein have both deeply researched the question of impeachment — and each came to a different conclusion.Appelbaum argued in The Atlantic’s <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">March cover story</a> that the House of Representatives “must immediately open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and bring the debate out of the court of public opinion and into Congress, where it belongs.”Klein <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/19/18485862/mueller-report-trump-impeachment-obstruction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">argues</a> that “impeachment will be a partisan war over the president’s removal, and anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves. The fact-finding potential within the process will be overwhelmed by the question of whether impeachment is merited.”With that question pressing in the wake of the Mueller report, they sit down with Isaac Dovere to discuss the history of impeachment and make their cases: should Congress move ahead with impeachment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

To Impeach Or Not To Impeach?

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